preliminary arrangements; spade work
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
fast walking; semi-jogging
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
sign; indication; omen; symptom
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
such; like that; in that way
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time